Door-check



(No Model.)

- T. K. HANSBERRY.

DOOR CHECK.

No. 404,038. Patented May 28, 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

THOMAS K. HANSBERRY, OF NORTON, KANSAS.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 404,038, dated May 28,1889.

$erial No. 279,698. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS K. HANsBERRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norton, in the county of Norton and State of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Combined Door Checks andBuffers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined door checks andbuffers.

The object of the present invention is to produce a device of greatsimplicity and cheapness that will be capable of holding a door at anyposition, and that will also act as a buffer and prevent the door comingin contact with the wall.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined door checkand buffer constructed in accordance with this invention and applied inposition to a door. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the device itself.

Referring to the drawings,.A designates a casing constructed of suitablematerial and designed to have pivotally secured Within it a lever, B.The casing A may be cast in one piece; but it is preferable to constructit of two pieces-the top plate, A, and the baseplate A which plates aresecured together and to a door, 0, by screw D or other suitable means ofattachment.

The lever B is secured within the casing A by a pivot, E, which may, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, be an ordinary screw, whichwill, besides performing the function of a pivot, strengthen the partsand make them more durable. The lower portion, b, of the lever B iscurved and provided upon its lower face with grooves or serrations toroughen it and produce a friction-surface, b, to enable it to obtain asecure hold upon the floor, which it is adapted to engage to hold thedoor 0 and prevent its swinging. The frictionsurface b may be producedby notches, crossgrooves, or transverse grooves, and I desire it to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to the precise details ofconstruction herein shown and described, as I may without departing fromthe spirit of the invention make any minor changes therein. The upperportion, N, of the lever B is straight, and is provided with a lateralprojection, biwhich serves as a handle, whereby the lower end, I), ofthe lever is raised and brought out of engagement with the floor topermit the door 0 to be moved. The lower portion, 1), of the lever B islifted up from the floor by placing the foot upon the projection b andpressing down, and the position of the door C may be instantly changed,and the lower portion, 1), of the lever B is held normally raised fromthe floor by the upper portion, 5 which is sufficiently weighted to holdthe lowerportion, b, elevated when the lever B is thrown clear back, andthe weighted upper portion then rests upon the casing, as is clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

Besides serving as a handle to elevate and depress the lower portion,1), the projection acts as a buifer and prevents the door C coming incontact with the wall.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings it will bereadily seen that combined door checks and buffers constructed inaccordance with this invention are capable of holding a door at anyposition and of preventing the door coming in contact with the wall.

In practice the outer end of the projection 19 is covered with rubber,leather, or the like, as at b to more effectually serve the purpose of abuffer.

The casingA is not essential, as I may pivot athe lever directly to thedoor Without employing a casing, the lever normally lying horizontallyalong the door; also, the leverB may be made of any length desired;hence I do not wish to be limited to mere matters of size or proportion.

Of course I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct adoor-check with a lever having a curved lower end to engage the floor,and knobs or disks have been pivoted eccentrically to doors toaccomplish the same re suit; but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Acombined door check and buffer consisting of a lever adapted to bepivoted centrally In testimony that I claim the foregoing as to a doorand normally lie horizontally along my own Ihave hereto affixed mysignature in 10 the door out of contact With the floor, and presence oftwo Witnesses.

havin its lower portion curved and serrated and c pable of engaging thefloor and its up- THOMAS HANSBERRY per portion'straight and providedwith a lat- Witnesses: eral projection, serving as a handle and a buf-SAMUEL MEANS, fer, substantially as described. J. H. SIMMONS.

